Without doubt the most important kitchen appliance - especially if you can't wake up without that first cup of coffee or tea. If yours is looking a little tired you might want to replace it with something a little different.
For the kitchen where there's the stainless steel thing going down, a stainless steel kettle. Not as science-defying as one of those kettles which, according to some, you can ''boil to any temperature''. We think they meant heat, bless them.
Lakeland, (pounds) 29.99
Don't want to even think about the lack of hygiene involved in boiling water in the insides of an amphibian. Also available are duck and pig kettles - start your own sideboard farmyard.
John Lewis, (pounds) 19
This rustic little pot doesn't look like a kettle which can deal with boiling water. But it can and will. No plugs, no gizmos, no cleverer than clever switches but does the job beautifully all the same.
Mamma Ro, (pounds) 16.50. Tel: 0141 552 9513
The kind of kettle which has catalogue writers oozing that it's ''stylish'', ''a design classic''. Quite frankly it's all true. But to be really original about it, it's a design classic and every inch a stylish kettle. Never mind that it seems rather a lot to spend to make your cup of tea in the morning.
Inhouse (pounds) 62.
Tel: 0141 552 5902/0131 225 2888
Feeling a little blue? Boil your kettle and you'll be tickled pin k before you know it. Yes, a kettle which changes colour as it boils. I look forward to fridge doors which flash disco lights and cookers which sing for their supper.
Debenhams, (pounds) 40
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